On 2012-02-18 23:10 +0100, Craig Small wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 07:15:50PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> 1) Add a README.source file mentioning that a non-standard autoconf
>> version is required to regenerate `configure' and tell people to run
>> autoreconf-dickey if they should need to patch the build system.
> That is my preference for now unless you think we will be needing to
> rebuild the build system in the near future. We've got a responsive
> upstream (hello Thomas) so if there is something that needs to be done
> for that part it is likely it would be changed upstream.
>
> We probably only be in that situation if the change is something
> upstream doesn't want or need or the timing is bad.
I certainly have no intention to ever create a permanent deviation from
upstream, but cherry-picks from later patchlevels might be needed some
day.
> While either is possible, we can switch to option 2 then.
I pushed a change for option 1 to git now.
Thanks,
Sven
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